226 Mr. Bowno1n on an all-furrounding Orb, 
iftence of what is declared to be thus fpread or ftretched out, it 
is then, in a comparative view, but an inferior inftance of wif- 
dom aud power : by no means fuch an inftance of them as to 
entitle it to be mentioned in the climax, in which it is found : 
much lefs to be the head, or principal member, of it. 
The following, which is one of thofe. paflages, and in the 
fenfe of which the aforenamed verfions concur with the Enghfh,. 
will fhew the climax. ‘ He hath made the earth by his 
power : he hath eftablithed the : orld by his wifdom ; and hath: 
ftretched out the heavens by fe nese. earth,. 
{cription of it, and its rank in the climax, indicate, that it is 
the fame firmament or expanfe, above-defcribed ; that the: 
fame obfervations are applicable to it ; and therefore, that this,. 
and the parallel pafiages alluded to, may be adduced in further 
evidence of its exiftence ; and, confequently, of the exiftence 
-of an all-furrounding orb. 
_ The fame idea is held forth ina part of the addre(s of wifdom 
in Prov.viii. 2729 : the fenfe of which may be expreffedin the: 
following tranflation ; which differs from the common Ezg/7/5 
"N a ion, no further than the apprehended fenfe of the text 
makes neceffüry, A few explanatory notes are interfperfed, 
- by way of illuftration, 
| | R . Wifdom 
> Jer. ch. li. 15. 
